Stein, other attorneys general oppose offshore drilling plans

By The Associated Press&nbsp|&nbsp

Posted: Thu 2:08 PM, Feb 01, 2018

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The top lawyers for a dozen coastal states want the U.S. Interior Department to cancel the Trump administration's plan to expand offshore drilling, warning it threatens their maritime economies and natural resources.

The attorneys general, all Democrats, wrote Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke on Thursday about his agency's proposed five-year oil and gas leasing plan that opens new ocean waters.

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